The Colony of The Hammerfall outpost is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by High Warden Charleston with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 4.756 billion Loyalists are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Argenthyne. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Hammerfallen economy, worth 139 trillion Laurels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 29,323 Laurels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, the endangered saltwater humpback Sunhawk is only seen in captivity programs, heavy industry grinds to a halt as new equipment must be biked in, and women have a strange proclivity for dressing up as caped weasels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Hammerfall outpost's national animal is the Sunhawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Hammerfall outpost is ranked 43,326^th in the world and 45^th in Empire of Great Britain for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.36 law-abiding acts per hour.